This blog post is by Sheri Baron, PhD., Director of Training at Yes She Can Inc. and a member of the Board of Directors of the organization. Diplomas Are Not Enough. I am a clinical psychologist in private practice and have been working with children and adolescents on the autistic spectrum for more than 20 […]
Give Local, America: May 5 to Yes She Can!
24 Hours of Giving Local! For 24 hours on May 5th, everyone across American is being encouraged to give back to their local communities by supporting organizations that tackle today’s most critical issues. So, I am asking you to include Yes She Can Inc. in your giving plans. Yes She Can is dedicated to developing […]
Work in Progress
Women at work. It’s Autism Awareness Month so it’s a good time to share with you the progress we have made at our Girl AGain resale boutique and our job skills training program. In February we celebrated our Girl AGain boutique’s first year birthday with cupcakes for the trainees and volunteer staff. We have added […]
Yes She Can Goes to Yale
Our Day at Yale Child Study Center On lucky Friday the 13th of February, Yes She Can went to Yale. I had been invited by Fred Volkmar, M.D., Irving Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology at Yale School of Medicine, Child Study Center to present at his monthly Autism Program Distinguished Lecturer series. […]
Happy Birthday Girl AGain
Happy First Birthday Girl AGain! One year ago, on February 8, 2014, our Girl AGain boutique opened for business in Hartsdale NY. Our store-within-a-store was 125 square feet, basically a closet: one door, no windows. Blue walls, gold ceiling. My husband Paul, designed, fabricated and installed clothes racks made of cables to display doll clothes. […]
The Journal News Features Girl AGain on Thanksgiving Day
The Journal News, a Gannet newspaper, featured Girl AGain on the front page of the Thanksgiving Day publication. 1-of-a-kind shop helps autistic girls follow their dreams By Seth Harrison, sharriso@lohud.com November 26, 2014
#GivingTuesday – pledge your support for Yes She Can.
After you enjoy your turkey dinner with loved ones on Thanksgiving, then shop til you drop on “Black Friday”, and support your independent retailers on “Small Business Saturday’, then find bargains online on “Cyber Monday,” you will then be ready for “Giving Tuesday.” Giving Tuesday is the day to pledge your commitment to the greater […]
Girl AGain moves to White Plains
Girl AGain is our launch program for Yes She Can Inc. It’s a resale boutique for gently used American Girl dolls and all their fabulous outfits, furniture, accessories and books. This is where we work to develop job skills for young women with autism After nine months of business, Girl AGain has outgrown our tiny […]
Yes She Can walks for autism
On Sunday June 1 our newly named team, Yes She Can, joined hundreds of other walk teams – and 15,000 people – on the White Plains campus of New York Presbyterian Hospital. This was our 13th annual walk for autism research. When we started we were Isabelle’s Dream team. After 12 […]
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